Muroi Kazuho (室井一帆)? is the main antagonist from Dancing☆Star Pretty Cure The Stage.
He is revealed at the end of the play as one of the generals of Death Parade, Choreographer (コレオグラファー)?.
Bio[]
Appearance[]
Kazuho has torso-length black hair tied into a side ponytail and bangs curled and parted at right. He wears a gray dress shirt, a black vest, tie, and pants. He uses a black cane.
As Choreographer, he wears a long black trench coat over his normal outfit, with silver cuffs, buttons at left, black fabric beneath his epaulettes with silver trim, and a silver vest with darker trim.
Personality[]
Kazuho takes an interest in the dance club, but is quite serious and strict. He appears to care for the students' wellbeing and focuses on improving their performances and fulfilling their feelings rather than what the dance club's own leaders sacrificed. He can even raise his own voice level on a specific word he tends to stress to prove his points. Kazuho is a very flexible dancer.
Kazuho strictly believes that in order to fulfill something, you must do it together, and doing so alone and "uniquely" means you don't care for others who may be non-gifted. Kazuho can get very harsh when provoked. He is also philosophical and sympathetic to those who have similar conditions to him.
However, he is actually very deceitful, formal, mocking, and sadistic. His method of fairness is specifically a way to exploit the naive, doing this in a military fashion while also repressing the capabilities of others out of force. This makes him unfair and discomforting.
Relationships[]
- Tsukimiya Sasana and Tengen Kouga: When Kazuho first meets the dance club's leaders, he lectures them for sacrificing what the students wanted most, that being their feelings, as well as their harshness causing Maito to leave the club. However, both eventually confront him for his unfair methods as this was how he exploited the club so they could fall into despair.
- Kurose Maito: Kazuho has heard of Maito's incident with the club before.
- Hoshikawa Gaku: Kazuho doesn't tolerate Gaku's rebelliousness towards his ideologies. When Gaku stands up for what the students believe in, Kazuho is quick to shutting down his points.
- Utsumi Mitsuru: Kazuho is very sympathetic to Mitsuru's condition due to his past, and doesn't want him to give up even with his injuries. However, this is actually his way of deceit in order to corrupt Mitsuru once Mitsuru gives up on his dreams.
Etymology[]
- Muroi (室井)?: Muro (室)? means "room", while i (井)? means "draw-well".
- Kazuho (一帆)?: Kazu (一)? means "one", while ho (帆)? means "sail".
His name as one of the generals of Death Parade, Choreographer, is the name of those who compose the sequence of steps and moves for a performance or a dance.
History[]
Past[]
In the past, Kazuho was a young top dance prodigy. However, he was soon attacked by his teammates where he was thrown off the stage, injuring his leg. This was due to the envy of his teammates because he got lots of attention. The attack was falsely assumed as an "accident". Kazuho couldn't recover at all and this resulted in him using a cane. Soon enough, he fell into despair.
When searching for a place to belong, Kazuho met "an evil fairy", Pas De Deux, a member of Death Parade. Pas De Deux discovered the strength of his inner despair and turned him into another of Desperade generals, Choreographer.
Taking Advantage Of The Dance Club[]
Kazuho meets the dancing club and reveals he is their advisor. He explains he came to help with the competition under the headmaster's approval. He is surprised the second year students didn't pass. He also lectures Sasana and Kouga for their treatment towards the students. He acknowledges their sacrifice of Maito due to their harshness. Kouga attacks him, but Kazuho dodges easily. Kazuho says Kouga is unfit to lead if his emotions always take over, so he will handle the situation. Unfortunately, Kouga runs away with Sasana following him. Kazuho then smacks his cane against the ground to get everyone's attention. Kazuho says it can be hard accepting the leaders' flaws, but they have to give them time.
In addition, Kazuho doesn't buy what the students believe in, especially Gaku and Hayato, reasoning that this means they don't care about improving their dancing. He expresses they must be fierce as a unity. He gets them in formation and their dancing lesson begins. He gives them advice to move rationally with the music. Hayato's expectations are messed up when Gaku moves to the front of the lineup and everyone free dances. He yells at them but Hayato argues the leaders allowed this. Kazuho finds this to be nonsense, but Gaku proves Hayato's points that it gets boring if they're put under too much strictness. Kazuho interrupts Gaku and keeps his points about unity straight. Kazuho thinks Gaku doesn't care about others, but that wasn't what Gaku meant. Then, out of nowhere, Kazuho puts his cane aside and moves all over the place, stressing the point that everyone is a protagonist and gets fairness. He continues guiding the students until the lesson ends without Hayato or Gaku joining.
Later, Kazuho gives Mitsuru his crutch back when Mitsuru tries to practice basketball without Kei. Kazuho relates to him as he saw Mitsuru hide during the basketball team's practice. Mitsuru tries to perk up, but Kazuho stops him from forcing things onto himself. He says everyone's surely awaiting his recovery, but when he comes back, a skilled player will take over his spot. He doesn't want Mitsuru's past getting the best of him and he can still tread a new path. Gaku and Hayato arrive, and Gaku confronts Kazuho, but the teacher stands up for his own points. Kazuho continues relating to Mitsuru as he once gave up on dancing and fell into despair, but gained resilience. Gaku starts to understand him, but it's not until a mysterious "general" (who is Kei hiding himself beneath the veil) brings in the eerie music, revealing himself with two underlings who fight Kazuho. However, this appears as a way for Kazuho to avoid suspicion for his antagonistic identity, as he runs away.
Revealing His True Nature[]
At the end of the day, when stopping by at Mitsuru's bed, he offers to help him. Mitsuru declares he will quit basketball. He is confident Kei will perform well without him. However, when Kazuho shows clear knowledge about Kei, Mitsuru tries to leave, only for Kazuho to have found his source of desperation, his lack of pure envy. He corrupted Kei and does the same to Mitsuru.
He reveals his true nature to Sasana and Kouga as well when they witness Kazuho leading the club in formation. The two rebel against Kazuho's method of rehearsing in a more military fashion. Sasana and Kouga argue this isn't fairness, but rather misguided equality as Kazuho is lowering the skills of others in order to be "equal". Kazuho laughs as it was exactly what he meant. He knocks the students out as Kouga and Sasana rush to them. However, when the students gather in unison around Kazuho in his philosophical declaration about despair, they all become evil dancers. Sasana and Kouga are taken away.
The Final Battle[]
When Gaku and Hayato wake up, tied up after Kei and Mitsuru attacked them, Kazuho confronts them and Gaku questions who he even is. Kazuho reveals he knows who the Pretty Cure are. He even tied up Sasana and Kouga. He mocks them and tells them his past, dropping his cane on purpose. He turns into Choreographer and his minions come out. The minions bring Gaku and Hayato upfront with Sasana and Kouga to witness the Marching Masquerade. With the dark rhythm, Choreographer is in control of the dancers. He makes Mitsuru and Kei fight one another under his manipulation. After Hayato gets them to make amends, Choreographer finds this to be nonsense and Kei and Mitsuru get thrown to the side. The other four Cures are brought upfront, but Break intervenes much to the villain's confusion. Pas De Deux flies in and chomps away their restraints. When the Cures fight, Choreographer disappears. The Cures look for him and hear him. He reappears with a deadly sword. He strikes the Cures with Masquerade Sorrow. The Cures try to fight but are defeated, their morals being questioned. They are threatened with despair from Choreographer's Masquerade Climax.
However, the Cures weaken him back into Kazuho with Cosmic Star Beat. However, Kazuho isn't fully defeated, threatening the Cures with his sword. He plans to kill himself as his despair cannot be removed. Top comforts him, saying desperation can make new dreams. He grabs the blade and believes what Kazuho said before. Top encourages him to watch him and his friends dance because his goal is to make everyone smile - friends and enemies alike. When Pas De Deux comes in, Kazuho leaves at long last.
Epilogue[]
A few months later, the tournament is about to begin. When Pas De Deux watches the Cures dance with Kazuho, Kazuho still hates their performance, but starts to turn over a new leaf thanks to Gaku. Pas De Deux reveals Kazuho had a special power leading to his desperation, and if it was purified, they could've gotten a bigger Heartbeat Jewel. He thinks Kazuho could've been more useful, so he takes a Jewel of Light out of him.
Abilities[]
Kazuho, as Choreographer, can turn people into evil dancers if they feel despair. With the dark rhythm, he can control the evil dancers through their masks. He can also perform three attacks: Marching Masquerade, Masquerade Sorrow, and Masquerade Climax.
Trivia[]
- Kazuho's birthday is on December 30th, making his zodiac sign is Capricorn.
- Kazuho's blood type is A.
- Kazuho is 178cm tall.
- He likes reading in coffee shops and doesn't like being in crowds.
- Kazuho is fluent in English and French.
Gallery[]
- Main Page: Muroi Kazuho/Image Gallery